Episodes

As the cold days of November creep upon us and we fall slowly into the dreary days of winter, the WizardCast harkens back to warmer days. Days where the sun was hot, the leaves were green, and we sat down with the great Peter Coffee at MidWest Dreamin'
Peter Coffee is the VP of Strategic Research at salesforce.com. He always has some delightful perspectives and stories that make you stop and think. I always walk away from a discussion with Peter both feeling smarter and dumber. It's a very...

It took us a while to return, but we're back from Dreamforce 2018!
Mark and Brian explain just why it took us so long to get back and publish a new episode. Plus, we share our thoughts about Dreamforce this year.
Finally, we dive into strategies for Salesforce Release Notes! Release notes are often over 300 pages long and are often ignored by Salesforce Admins and Devs. Mark and Brian share how they use the release notes and some short cuts they take to make those 300+ pages...

It's the last day of Dreamforce 2018. Mark and Brian managed to get together one last time to walk the Trailhead Zone at Moscone West.
We talk to Andy Golden from Skuid about his terrible sense of humor. We chat to Jen Bowen, an attendee & my community group co-leader. We also had some run ins with Beth Breisnes , Jessica Murphy, Rachel Watson, Nate Lipke, and finally Stephanie Foerst & Rakesh Gupta from Automation Champion about Flow.
Last, you may know that Brian wears a Wizard Hat and...

We're live at Dreamforce 2018!
We start off with a quick chat before the Salesforce Admins Keynote. It was fantastic celebration of Admins with three success stories and some insights into what's coming next on Salesforce. Plus a new Golden hoodie award!
Then it's off to our annual Main keynote podcast. We got interrupted with out podcast plans and were told to sit down before we could do our normal rounds of discussion. Then the keynote started almost 20 minutes early with the dulcet...

Peter Coffee was nice enough to talk with Brian and Mark on many topics. Here's part two of our conversation with Peter Coffee, VP of Strategic Research at Salesforce, from Midwest Dreamin' 2018.
The topic is Experience Design. What is experience design? Experience design is the practice of designing products, processes, services, events, and environments with a focus placed on the quality of the user experience.
The photo tag is "Don't pave your cow paths." Peter tells us about Boston...

Ashima Saigal from Database Sherpas talks to us about the importance of Mindfulness.
Learn what mindfulness is, why it is important, and how we can get started with some simple practice. So be mindful of mindfulness, listen, laugh, and enjoy.
Show Overview
0:00 Last Time on WizardCast
01:16 Introduction
02:43 Terrible Joke
03:30 Results of the Mike Gerholdt's 70s Kid theory survey
04:37 Introducing Ashima Saigal on Mindfulness
09:05 How does Ashima gets things done with Clients...

Peter Coffee returns to share his wisdom and experience. Peter is the VP for Strategic Research at Salesforce. He often speaks on the vision of the Salesforce as a platform and company and shares strategy for companies all over the world.
Peter was kind enough to sit down with Mark and Brian at Midwest Dreamin 2018. He's been one of our favorite guests and was our guest in our very first live recording of the Wizardcast - also at Midwest Dreamin.
We start with a story of Peter on a...

While Mark Ross and Brian Kwong were hanging out at Midwest Dreamin, they took the opportunity to talk to the one, the only, the simply fantastic, Mr. Admin himself - Mike Gerholdt.
Mike has been in the Salesforce ohana for a long time. First, he was Mr. ButtonClick Admin and ran an extremely popular blog and podcast about Salesforce. Mike joined Salesforce in May of 2014 as an Admin Evangelist.
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We're live at Midwest Dreamin 2018!
Wednesday, July 11th, was the opening night for Midwest Dreamin. There was a great session by Mike Gerholdt about navigating your career. It was followed by a interesting discussion with Kevin Poorman and Heather Dykstra about removing titles, design review, and how to talk and plan as a team.
Then it was the opening reception. Cheese, grapes, and crackers in the expo hall. It was a good time to walk around the room to see which vendors were there and...

Are you familiar with the Salesforce Events and Salesforce Community events going on near you?
We discuss the various events and some of the benefits and difference between them. We start with the big event - Dreamforce - Salesforce's biggest annual event. We then discuss other events Salesforce puts on from Trailheadx to the World Tours & Connections.
We round out our discussion with User Groups and the regional "Dreamin" events that are hosted and organized by the community itself. These...

Are you familiar with Business Analysis (BA)? Do you understand the importance and underlying principles?
What about Europe's new regulation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? Are you impacted? Is your Salesforce environment prepared?
Listen as we talk with Ian Gotts, founder and CEO of elements.cloud discuss the importance of Business Analysis and the impacts of GDPR.
Show Overview
00:00 Last Time on WizardCast
01:29 Introduction
02:45 The Joke
03:30 Sponsor/Affiliate...

The Salesforce Summer 18 release is nearly upon us! It's available in Sandbox previews and will be coming to a production environment near you in a few weeks!
Mark & Brian go over the release notes, not quite all 494 pages. We pull out some of the interesting features coming out that Admins may be interested in.
Show Overview
00:00 Last Time on WizardCast
01:09 Introduction
02:28 The Joke
02:58 Sponsor/Affiliate mention - Get 1 month free of Libsyn podcast hosting with promo code:...

Have you joined the Custom Metadata Type party yet? Join us with Salesforce Product Manager Vladimir Gerasimov as we discuss what Custom Metadata Types are and how Salesforce Admins can use them.
We also share a horrible joke from Daniel Sieff, make an exciting announcement about Midwest Dreamin 2018, and wonder why our intern this episode hasn't brought us our drinks (Kristin Cecil).
Show Overview
00:00 Mark accidentally destroys the world
01:58 Intro Music
02:20 Horrible joke from...

Adam Olshansky is a Salesforce MVP, Developer at YouTube and holds 14 Salesforce Certifications. He shares what Salesforce Certification means with him and shares his tips on how he got 6 Salesforce certifications in 8 months.
"Don't think of it as a failure, but more of a learning opportunity." - Adam Olshansky on failing Salesforce Certification exams.
Show Overview
00:00 Last Time On the WizardCast
01:10 Introduction
02:01 A Tearable Joke
03:25 World Tour Shout Out
03:46 Coffee...

In Idea Highlights, we take recommendations from listeners on what they want to see improved in Salesforce. These ideas are posted on Salesforce's IdeaExchange, where customers can post suggestions, comments, and vote on their desired features.
This episode, we hear ideas submitted to WizardCast from Amber Boaz, Yohan Yu, Sarah Pilzer, and Jen Bowen. Thank you for your contributions!
Show Overview
00:00 Last Time on the WizardCast a very Grav-E jokes
00:42 Podcast Intro
02:01 Joke from...

Brian Kwong and Mark Ross talk to Salesforce Trailblazer Carlos Siqueira. Carlos is an immigrant from Brazil and Salesforce MVP
Carlos has over 200 Trailhead badges and 4 certifications. He's fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Join us as we talk about Carlos' journey from Mainframes to Salesforce, Salesforce Lightning Field Service, and MVP Office Hours Portuguese.
We also chat about Peter Coffee's tweet regarding caffeine and tell a really bad joke from listener Lorna...

Do you ever have to call Salesforce Support? Do you wish you could make Salesforce mobile a better experience for your users? Would you like to talk with a Salesforce Product Manager?
Then you want to listen to this episode as Mark and Brian talk with Cheryl Feldman. Cheryl Feldman is an MVP, User Group Leader, Admin for a large Enterprise company and so much more.
You may have read about Cheryl when Trailhead featured her story:...

This episode of the WizardCast we're joined by Jessica Murphy. Jessica shares her Trailblazer story.
She's and Admin/Developer that started 2017 with no certifications. By November she's gotten 5 certs! She's also a Trailhead Ranger with 125 badges. Did I mention she also has a Master's in Education?
We talk about how someone with a Master's in Education became a Salesforce Admin & Developer. Jessica shares her incredible story of going from no certs and no badges to a Trailhead Ranger...

Spring is nearly here! Some believe the first evidence is the robin, but they are wrong. It's the Spring release of Salesforce!
The release notes are over 450 pages long. Don't bother reading them, listen as Mark and Brian cover some of the highlights and chat about implications.
00:00:01 Brian experiences a strange mirror xfiles
00:02:05 Joke that won't let you down
00:02:25 Correcting episode count
00:03:30 Daniel Stange convinces us to do advertising
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